Formula 2 European Championship 1980

Formula 2 European Championship 1980

European champion
Driver:	Brian Henton
Season dates
Number of races:	12
<1979 season	1981 season>

The 1980 Formula 2 European Championship comprised 12 races, beginning with the race in Thruxton on April 7th and ending with the race in Hockenheim on September 28th of this year. The championship title was won by Brian Henton , who competed for the Toleman factory team. The tragic events of this season include the fatal accidents of Markus Höttinger at the Hockenheimring and Hans-Georg Bürgers in Zandvoort.

Teams and drivers

team	chassis	engine	No.	driver	run
ICI Roloil Team March	March 802	BMW	1	Teo Fabi	1-12
			2	Mike Thackwell	1-11
				Michael Korten	12
			3	Manfred Winkelhock	1-12
			4th	Cliff Hansen	1
Mike Earle Racing with March	March 802	BMW	4th	Johnny Cecotto	6-7
				Riccardo Paletti	8-12
			5	Patrick Nève	6th
				Bernard Devaney	8th
Project Four Racing	March 802	BMW	6th	Andrea de Cesaris	1-12
			13	Chico Serra	1-12
BP / Toleman Group	Toleman TG280	Hard	7th	Brian Henton	1-12
			8th	Derek Warwick	1-12
Uher Cassani Racing Team	Ralt RT4	BMW	9	Wheel Dougall	1-3, 6-7, 12
	Ralt RT1		50	Christian Danner	1-3, 12
Team Tiga	Tiga F280	BMW	10	Hans-Georg Bürger	1-3, 6-9
Sanremo Racing	March 782	BMW - Heidegger	11	Alberto Colombo	1-12
			12	Oscar Pedersoli	1-9
				Enzo Coloni	10
				Marco Rocca	11-12
			81	Guido Daccò	8-12
			35	Gianfranco Trombetti	11
			82		12
Docking Spitzley	Toleman TG280	Hard	14th	Huub Rothengatter	1-12
			15th	Siegfried Stohr	3-12
			40	Carlo Rossi	12
Minardi	Minardi GM75	BMW	16	Miguel Ángel Guerra	1-11
			17th	Bruno Corradi	1-5, 11
			18th	Beppe Gabbiani	6th
				Johnny Cecotto	8, 10
MM Mampe team	Mason MM80	BMW	19th	Markus Höttinger	1-2
				Helmut Henzler	5-12
			20th	Eje Elgh	1-4, 12
				Patrick Gaillard	5-6
				Beppe Gabbiani	7-12
Merzario team	Merzario M1	BMW	21st	Mario Ketterer	2
			22nd	Arturo Merzario	1-2, 8-12
				Guido Daccò	3-4
				Piero Necchi	5
			23		4.6-12
				Arturo Merzario	3, 5
British Racing Team	March 782	Hard	25th	Wolfgang Locher	1-3, 5
BFO Racing Team	March 792	Hard	26th	Walter Baltisser	2
URD racing car construction	March 792	Hard	27	Harald Grohs	1-2
				Helmut Bross	3, 12
				Franz Konrad	7th
Lista Racing Team	March 802	BMW	29	Bruno Eichmann	4th
				Bernard Devaney	4th
			55		3
			30th		1, 5, 6
				Bruno Pescia	8th
			31	Juerg Lienhard	8-12
			46	Eugen Strähl	2, 7-8
Ecurie Ouest Romand	March 802	BMW	29	Ami Guichard	12
AMS Racing	AMS 420	AMS	31	Piero Necchi	1, 2
Écurie Motul GPA Nogaro	AGS JH17	BMW - Mader	32	Richard Dallest	1-9, 11-12
	AGS JH15				10
Ralt Cars	Ralt RH6 / 80	Honda	34	Nigel Mansell	6-9
	Ralt RT6			Tom Gloy	10-11
	Ralt RT2			Geoff Lees	12
			24	Nigel Mansell	12
Gianfranco Trombetti	March 762	BMW	35	Gianfranco Trombetti	8th
Wendy Wools Divina Galica	March 792	Hard	35	Divina Galica	1, 6
Scuderia Vesuvio	Ralt RT2	Hard	37	Maurizio Flammini	8, 10, 11
Team Ireland	March 802	Hard	38	Eddie Jordan	6th
Crown Industrial Finishes Shand Kydd	Chevron B48	Hard	39	Warren Booth	1, 6, 8
Ron Harper	Chevron B48	Hard	43	Ron Harper	8th
Aycliffe Newton Theodore Racing	March 802	Hard	44	Kim Mather	1, 6
Willi Siller	Chevron B42	BMW	45	Willi Siller	11
Formula racing club	March 802	BMW	47	Fredy Schnarwiler	1-9
			24		10-12
			33	Patrick Studer	7-8, 12
			58	Walter Baltisser	9
Racing Team Albatross Team Jim Bean Jo Gartner	March 782	BMW	48	Jo Gartner	2-3, 5, 8, 9, 12
Formula 2 racing team	Chevron B29	BMW	49	Georg Lorenz	2, 12
Trivellato Racing Team	Chevron B48	BMW	51	Danilo Tesini	3-4
		Hard	52		8th
Jägermeister Racing Team Bavaria Racing Team	Chevron B48	BMW	52	Jochen duration	2, 3
Sergio Mingotti	Mirage M1	BMW	53	Sergio Mingotti	4, 8
Neil Edwards Racing	Chevron B48	Hard	54	Roy Baker	6-8
BMTR	March 782	Hard	55	Paul Smith	6, 7, 9
Escuderia TR Balear	Chevron B42	BMW	57	Helmut Kalenborn	3
March Racing	March 782	BMW	47	Patrick Nève	7th
	March 782		57	Pierre Dieudonné
			40	Jan Lammers	9
Plygrange Racing	Chevron B45	Ford BDA	77	Jim Crawford	6-8
Grange Performance Cars	Chevron B48	Hard	78	Brian Robinson	8th
Marco Rocca	Osella FA2	BMW	82	Marco Rocca	8th
Gelo Racing Team	March 792	BMW	82	Franz Konrad	12

Racing calendar

No.	date	Event (racetrack)	First	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest lap
01	07th of April	BARC 200 P & O Ferries Formula 2 International Jochen Rindt Trophy ( Thruxton )	Brian Henton ( Toleman - Hart )	Derek Warwick ( Toleman - Hart )	Andrea de Cesaris ( March - BMW )	Derek Warwick ( Toleman - Hart )	Brian Henton ( Toleman - Hart )
02	April 13th	Germany Trophy Jim Clark Memorial Race ( Hockenheim )	Teo Fabi ( March - BMW )	Brian Henton ( Toleman - Hart )	Alberto Colombo ( March - BMW )	Andrea de Cesaris ( March - BMW )	Mike Thackwell ( March - BMW )
03	April 27	ADAC Eifel Race ( Nürburg )	Teo Fabi ( March - BMW )	Brian Henton ( Toleman - Hart )	Derek Warwick ( Toleman - Hart )	Richard Dallest ( AGS - BMW )	Mike Thackwell ( March - BMW )
04th	12th of May	Gran Premio di Roma ( Vallelunga )	Brian Henton ( Toleman - Hart )	Andrea de Cesaris ( March - BMW )	Derek Warwick ( Toleman - Hart )	Derek Warwick ( Toleman - Hart )	Brian Henton ( Toleman - Hart )
05	May 26	Grand Prix Automobile de Pau ( Pau )	Richard Dallest ( AGS - BMW )	Siegfried Stohr ( Toleman - Hart )	Brian Henton ( Toleman - Hart )	Derek Warwick ( Toleman - Hart )	Brian Henton ( Toleman - Hart )
06th	08th June	British Marlboro Trophy ( Silverstone )	Derek Warwick ( Toleman - Hart )	Andrea de Cesaris ( March - BMW )	Mike Thackwell ( March - BMW )	Brian Henton ( Toleman - Hart )	Brian Henton ( Toleman - Hart )
07th	June 22	Grote Prijs van Limborg ( Zolder )	Huub Rothengatter ( Toleman - Hart )	Brian Henton ( Toleman - Hart )	Siegfried Stohr ( Toleman - Hart )	Teo Fabi ( March - BMW )	Brian Henton ( Toleman - Hart )
08th	0July 6th	Gran Premio del Mugello ( Mugello )	Brian Henton ( Toleman - Hart )	Derek Warwick ( Toleman - Hart )	Teo Fabi ( March - BMW )	Derek Warwick ( Toleman - Hart )	Derek Warwick ( Toleman - Hart )
09	20th of July	Grote Prijs van Zandvoort ( Zandvoort )	Richard Dallest ( AGS - BMW )	Derek Warwick ( Toleman - Hart )	Teo Fabi ( March - BMW )	Richard Dallest ( AGS - BMW )	Brian Henton ( Toleman - Hart )
10	0August 2nd	Gran Premio del Mediterraneo ( Pergusa-Enna )	Siegfried Stohr ( Toleman - Hart )	Brian Henton ( Toleman - Hart )	Manfred Winkelhock ( March - BMW )	Siegfried Stohr ( Toleman - Hart )	Teo Fabi ( March - BMW )
11	August 10	Gran Premio dell'Adriatico ( Misano )	Andrea de Cesaris ( March - BMW )	Brian Henton ( Toleman - Hart )	Derek Warwick ( Toleman - Hart )	Brian Henton ( Toleman - Hart )	Brian Henton ( Toleman - Hart )
12	September 28th	Prize of Baden-Württemberg and Hesse ( Hockenheim )	Teo Fabi ( March - BMW )	Nigel Mansell ( Ralt - Honda )	Siegfried Stohr ( Toleman - Hart )	Teo Fabi ( March - BMW )	Teo Fabi ( March - BMW )

Driver ranking

space	driver	Points
01	Brian Henton	61
02	Derek Warwick	42
03	Teo Fabi	38
04th	Siegfried Stohr	29
05	Andrea de Cesaris	28
06th	Richard Dallest	23
07th	Huub Rothengatter	21st
08th	Mike Thackwell	11
09	Miguel Ángel Guerra	10
10	Chico Serra	09
	Alberto Colombo	09
12	Nigel Mansell	08th
13	Manfred Winkelhock	04th
14th	Oscar Pedersoli	03
15th	Jochen duration	02
16	Beppe Gabbiani	01
	Fredy Schnarwiler	01

• Only the first 17 drivers are listed.

literature

• Peter Higham: International Motor Racing - A Complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car . Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .
• Axel Morenno: autodrom 13 - Motorsport Documentation Edition 1981 . Published by A. Eugen von Keller Verlag Bonn 1981, ISBN 3-87396-413-9 .

Web links

• Results at formula2.net